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Relationships Nelly & Ashanti Playfully Shut Down Hair Loss Rumors Nelly and Ashanti welcomed their first child, Kareem Kenkaide Hayes, in July of last year and appear to be doing great. By Cole Blake May 05, 2025
Sports Terence Crawford Admits He Once Wanted To “Choke” Trey Songz Over A Bet According to Terence Crawford, 50 Cent intervened before his tense encounter with Trey Songz got out of hand. By Caroline Fisher April 24, 2025
Music Latto Under Fire For Old Offensive Tweets Right after releasing a new single with K-Pop star Jungkook Latto had some of her old tweets dug up. By Lavender Alexandria July 14, 2023
Music 7 No. 1 Rap Songs From 2016 Hip hop thrived on the charts in 2016. By Wyatt Westlake September 11, 2023
Pop Culture Young Thug & Lil Durk Computer Meme: Rappers Have Vowed Not To "Snitch" On Story Behind Photo The image first hit the internet back in 2018. All this time later, and we still don't know what Thugger and Durkio were looking at. By Hayley Hynes May 26, 2023
Reviews Summer Walker "Clear 2: Soft Life" Review Summer Walker has mastered the process of converting her pain and drama into a luscious sound over the course of her career. By Caleb Hardy May 24, 2023
Music Meek Mill Reveals How Much Money He Makes Meek Mill says that he wasn't told how much money he made off of his collaboration with Drake, "Going Bad." By Cole Blake November 22, 2022
Streetwear Lil Uzi Vert Faces The Wrath Of The Internet After Starring In Marc Jacobs Campaign Lil Uzi Vert can't do much without being made fun of for it. By Alexander Cole June 14, 2024
Music Kendrick Lamar Continues To Break Spotify Records As "Not Like Us" Hits Monumental Milestone "Not Like Us" is the fastest rap song in the streaming era to do a heck of a lot of stuff, and this battle's bragging rights are far from over. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 10, 2024
Music The Alchemist Has Jokes When Asked About Kendrick Lamar Using His Beat For “Meet The Grahams” The Alchemist was unfazed. By Cole Blake June 04, 2024
Original Content Cardi B's "Up": Mir Fontane Details Plagiarism Accusations EXCLUSIVE: Mir Fontane & Mir Pesos detail the history behind their single "Stuck" after accusing Cardi B of biting the song's hook for "Up." By Aron A. February 06, 2021
Music Too $hort Reveals Anti-Snitch Origin Of Jay-Z's "A Week Ago" Too $hort reflects on why he and Jay-Z were driven to make the anti-snitch track "A Week Ago" in 1998. By Mitch Findlay February 25, 2021